Chapter 173 16. The Public Funeral Is in Urgent Situation

Kobayata watched Ataka Fuyuyasu go away. At first, he had the idea of ​​getting something from this naval warfare master. But after the real contact and communication, he was deeply moved by this loyal and pure-minded samurai, and in the end he did not ask for any naval warfare methods.

When the people walked away, he turned to the side where Ataka Fuyuyasu came from, looking at the distant Akutagawa Castle, Koshimizu Castle and Iimori Castle in Settsu country, which represented the glorious military achievements of Miyoshi Nagayoshi over the years (seizing the main castle from Kizawa Nagamasa and making it his own castle.). Kobayata could not see the things in metaphysics such as the colorful imperial aura on the top of the city, or the five dragons forming clouds, and the overlapping flowers reflecting colors.

Apart from sighing that the strong and tyrannical will eventually fall, like dust in the wind, Kobayata could not do anything. Those who deserve to die will die, and those who perish will perish by him.

A few decades ago, during the time of Ouchi Yoshioki, the Ouchi clan was the overlord of the world (or the western part of Kinki), and was even so powerful that it directly promoted the dethronement of the shogun. During the time of Hosokawa Masamune, the Hosokawa clan had influence throughout the Kinai states, punching the Kanrei Hatakeyama clan and kicking the Eizan Enryakuji Temple, and even showed signs of unifying the world early on.

Now, Ouchi Yoshinaga (Otomo Haruhide) and Hosokawa Harumoto have both been attacked and killed. Ouchi Teruhiro will also be attacked and killed by the Mori clan, and Sugi Shigeyoshi will also be attacked and killed, and the direct line of Ouchi will be completely cut off. His fathers and ancestors cut through thorns and exposed themselves to the frost and dew to leave such a huge foundation, all of which became stepping stones for his family. (Although the decline of Ouchi was mainly due to the rebellion of Sue Harukata, and Hosokawa was because Masamune liked Shugendo and did not marry a wife and have children, which led to the three adopted sons taking the throne.)

The Miyoshi clan watched him build a high building, watched him entertain guests, and watched his building collapse. The sand will eventually be washed away by the waves, and it is still unknown who will win the world in the end. But it is obvious that the Miyoshi clan has already withdrawn from the chess game of fighting for the world.

When he entered Kyoto, Xiao Pingtai suddenly heard a heavy news. The former Lord of the Kufang, the twelfth Shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who had been fleeing in other places for his whole life longer than in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, had passed away. (He died a few years later, and he never appeared in the scene anyway, so let his death play a little role and promote the plot.) The shogunate and the court were very honored, and his Dharma name was Manshoin Yezan Docho. The official position was Junior Three Gon Dainagon, and it was planned to be posthumously awarded Junior One Left Minister.

Although this general had almost no day of satisfaction in his life, and spent half his life in exile. He relied on some bastard heroes who wanted to use his tiger skin to fight for power and profit, and he couldn't even hold a proper ceremony for the succession of the general for his son. It is said that when he was the poorest, he could only have two meals of porridge a day, but he died at the age of 39 in frustration of restoring the authority of the shogunate.

But after all, Ashikaga Yoshiharu was appointed by the government and recognized by powerful daimyo from all directions as the common ruler of the world. The banner of the Muromachi shogunate, the pillar of the military family, still did not fall. Moreover, he had a good son who was brave, wise, and magnanimous.

With the efforts of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, soon the daimyo who were relatively close or had smooth sea routes, such as the Aki Mori clan, the Izumo Amago clan, the Bungo Otomo clan, the Satsuma Shimazu clan, the Utsunomiya clan (Iyo-ryu, different from the Buzen and Shimotsuke clans), the Echizen Asakura clan, the Takeda clan (Wakasa-ryu), the Minami-Omi Rokkaku clan, the Kitabatake clan (Ise-ryu), and the Owari Oda clan, all sent a considerable amount of mourning gifts.

The Hatakeyama clan (Nihonmatsu-ryu), Aizu Ashina clan, Echigo Kanrei Uesugi clan, Oshu Date clan, Oshu Kasai clan, Kitabatake clan (Namioka-ryu), Noto Hatakeyama clan, Hitachi Oda clan and other daimyo families from distant countries were also on the way.

However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's request to hold a grand funeral for his father Ashikaga Yoshiharu was strongly protested by Kyoto Shoshidai Matsunaga Hisahide, who was appointed by Kanreidao Miyoshi Nagayoshi. The growing power (reputation) of the Ashikaga shogunate in the hands of Ashikaga Yoshiteru made him extremely alert.

Originally, this Kyoto Shoshidai felt that many government affairs in Kyoto were difficult to promote effectively, and were always resisted and confronted in an open or covert way. It was obvious that Kyoto was the location of the shogun, and the shogun still had some control over Kyoto. If you, a Kyoto Shoshidai, could not cooperate well with the shogun, you would naturally be constrained in Kyoto.

But neither Matsunaga Hisahide nor Miyoshi Nagayoshi behind him were willing to lower their status to seek the support and understanding of the general. They still relied on the powerful military force in their hands and hoped that Luoyang would tremble under their feet, but this was easier said than done.

Therefore, the contradiction between the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and the kanrei Miyoshi Nagayoshi could never be reconciled. In order to implement Miyoshi Nagayoshi's will, Matsunaga Hisahide must suppress Ashikaga Yoshiteru's momentum and go against the shogunate.

In a sense, Ashikaga Yoshiteru did have a certain trump card. If he showed the authority and power of the shogunate by holding a grand funeral, it would inevitably be detrimental to the rule of the Miyoshi family in Kinai. Therefore, Matsunaga Hisahide and the current shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru were already at loggerheads, both openly and secretly. The court nobles and the shogunate's high families could not achieve a balance after several rounds of mediation.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru had already officially issued an imperial edict written in his own handwriting, and envoys from the Shogunate were dispatched in all directions, requesting that the five mountains and five temples as well as all the sects and temples in Kinai immediately hold a 49-day ceremony to pray for the Shogun's father and requiring tens of thousands of monks to pray for his father.

So, due to the Shogun's imperial edict, the huge sect forces in Kinai (all the sect leaders of the five mountains and five temples are appointed by the Shogun. If they do not obey, they can be replaced immediately. This is the so-called right of the Shogun to abolish the temples. Of course, in general, the Shogun will not really kill or cut the temples, except for Ashikaga Yoshinori. In addition, Matsunaga Hisahide once burned down the Great Buddha Hall of Todaiji Temple, and he was incompatible with the sect forces.) immediately began to hold a grand funeral ceremony for Ashikaga Yoshiharu.

In response, Matsunaga Hisahide had ordered 3,000 Shigisan people and 2,000 Miyoshi Kyoto guards to strictly impose martial law along the streets of the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Palace, and ordered that no one in Kyoto, big or small, was allowed to hold funerals. Once discovered, they would be arrested immediately. The whole of Kyoto was in a state of panic. The shogunate retainers Ise, Isshiki, Mibuchi, Okusa, Wada, and Niki had already gathered more than 2,000 soldiers and surrounded the Imperial Palace. Under the command of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, they were ready to fight a desperate battle with Matsunaga Hisahide.

Upon hearing the news, Kobayata was shocked and anxious, and hurried to the Yamanouchi residence in Kinai. As expected, there were only two or three servants left in the residence. All the remaining Yamanouchi samurai foot soldiers had already rushed to the Imperial Palace to rescue the shogun. The situation had reached its most tense state at this moment.